Sapphire blue color: code #0F52BA

Sapphire blue

#0F52BA

Color codes

  • HEX#0F52BA
  • RGBrgb(15, 82, 186)
  • HSLhsl(216, 85%, 39%)
  • HSVhsv(216, 92%, 73%)
  • CMYKcmyk(92%, 56%, 0%, 27%)
  • LABlab(37.3% 21.8 -60)
  • OKLCHoklch(46.7% 0.176 260)

About the color Sapphire blue

Sapphire blue has the HEX code #0F52BA, which corresponds to rgb(15, 82, 186) in the RGB model. On the color wheel its hue sits at 216°, with 85% saturation and 39% lightness (hsl(216, 85%, 39%)).

Because of its hue it reads as a cool color: it tends to feel calm and distant, and it visually “recedes” in a composition.

As a background it calls for light text: white reaches a 7.15:1 contrast ratio on it, versus 2.93:1 for black.

For print, the approximate conversion is cmyk(92%, 56%, 0%, 27%). Always confirm with your printer’s color profile, because the result depends on paper and ink.

Lighter tints

Darker shades

Color combinations with Sapphire blue

Complementary

#0F52BA · #B8740F

Analogous

#0FA7B8 · #0F52BA · #200FB8

Triadic

#0F52BA · #B80F53 · #53B80F

Tetradic

#0F52BA · #B80FA7 · #B8740F · #0FB820

Split-complementary

#0F52BA · #B8200F · #A7B80F

Monochromatic

#051E42 · #0B3D89 · #0F52BA · #2676ED · #6DA3F3

Sapphire blue with white and black text

White text Aa Bb Cc 123
7.15:1 · AAA
Black text Aa Bb Cc 123
2.93:1 · fails WCAG

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How to use it in CSS

:root {
  --color-sapphire-blue: #0F52BA;
  --color-sapphire-blue-rgb: 15, 82, 186;
}

.elemento {
  background-color: var(--color-sapphire-blue);
  color: #FFFFFF;
}